I was delighted to be invited to speak to The Fussy Librarian this week about writing (and my messy desk). […]
Archive for ‘Travel’
What a circus, what a show!
Spectacular is the mot du jour. I write this as the annual Vivid festival kicks off in Sydney. Buildings in […]
Prepare for take-off
A consequence of moving to Australia from Britain over twenty years ago has been that I’ve passed through a lot […]
Coming home
The house next door has been demolished, leaving a rectangle of bare earth. In feng shui, that side of my […]
A proper hello
I’m a fool for a doorway. Thankfully, there are several Instagram sites that feed my addiction so I can peruse […]
Café culture
I don’t always ‘get’ cafés. They used to say in London that you were never more than six feet away […]
Give us this day
I have just finished reading David Sedaris’s book ‘Theft by finding’, which is a collection of edited highlights from his […]
Sunshine and playing favourites
Recently my friend, writer Victoria Blake, recommended my blog for a Sunshine Blogger Award. I was very touched, especially as […]
Cities that soar
The recent spate of terrorist attacks and the horrific Grenfell Tower fire made me realise just how much I still […]
Who needs architecture?
My recent trip to Europe was all about nature and walking. Which was completely different to last year’s trip, which […]
